THE ANCIENT BASKET MAKERS OF SOUTHEASTERN UTAH 



skull, and was as pronounced in the women as in the men. 

 The occipital deformity is so noticeable and so constant among 

 Physical this people that a normal cranium among a lot of skulls 

 Character- would attract the attention of an investigator. Mr. 

 istics. Wetherill discovered that two forms of human skulls 



occurred in the canons: the broad, short,- flattened cranium of 

 the Cliff Dweller and a narrow, elongate, normal cranium. The 



BASKET BURIAL, GRAND GULCH, UTAH 



latter was the only kind found buried under baskets, a fact which 

 suggested to the discoverer the name ''Basket Makers" as an 

 appropriate appellation for the ancient people whose remains he 

 had found. 



But these were not the only marked differences between the 

 two people whose remains are so closely associated. That the 

 Basket Makers used the bow is doubtful. They had, however, a 

 form of weapon unknown in the Southwest, either in ancient or 



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